Your names are numbered

NaughtJean McNaughton from Johannesburg took part in South Africa's first women's Test, at home against England in 1960-61. A medium-pacer, she won three caps in all: oddly, all her six wickets came in one innings, when she took 6 for 39 in the third Test in Durban.

OneOneil Levy opened the bowling for the Bahamas against the United States at the Belgrano Club in Buenos Aires in 2002, during the Americas Championship. He didn't take a wicket, as the USA captain Faoud Bacchus - the former West Indies Test player - scored 83 not out. If you don't mind the apostrophe, you could also include O'Neil Gordon "Collie" Smith, the West Indian allrounder of the 1950s.

Two
Despite being born in Devon and making his name with Warwickshire, Roger Twose played 16 Tests for New Zealand after emigrating there. He was also a considerable one-day player, and won 87 ODI black caps; he scored 103 against South Africa in Cape Town in November 2000, the year after a memorable 80 not out to stun Australia in Cardiff in the World Cup. Twose also once scored a pair of 2s in the same Test (against West Indies in Antigua in 1996 (he'd scored 2 and 0 in the first match of the two-Test series, and made 2 in his next Test innings too).

ThreeJehan Maithree Jayasuriya is, as far as we know, no relation of the more famous Sri Lankan Jayasuriya (Sanath, MP). But this one was good enough to play for Colts CC, and captain Sri Lanka's Under-17s at the Asia Cup in 2000: against Bangladesh U-17s in Karachi he took, appropriately enough, 3 for 33.

FourThinus Fourie was born in South Africa, but moved to Ireland, where he coached at a school in Dublin. In 2008 he played seven one-day internationals, although his medium pace brought him only one wicket. He did slap 88 not out in a one-day game for Ireland A against Denmark, though.

Six
There used to be a French footballer called Didier Six, but he doesn't quite qualify here. Instead, there's Mkhululi Sixoliso Nyathi, a Zimbabwean who made his List A debut at 18 for Mid West Rhinos (captained by Vusi Sibanda) against Mashonaland Eagles in Harare in December 2013. He scored 23, then took two wickets - both international players - so may yet make more of a mark.

Seven
A difficult one to find, but someone called Hubert van Nispen Tot Sevenaer - usually shortened, perhaps to save the scorers, to Huub van Nispen - kept wicket for the Netherlands in the 1970s, before they had official international status. He took five catches and a stumping as the Dutch ran the Pakistanis close in September 1974, after their tour of England.

EightLisa Keightley from Sydney played nine Tests and 82 one-day internationals for Australia. Her four ODI centuries included 156 not out against Pakistan in Melbourne in February 1997, when she shared successive stands of 219 with Belinda Clark and 165 with Zoe Goss. Keightley (it's pronounced kite-ly) now coaches at the England academy.

Nine
Maydiyeh Soltaninejad currently plays for the Iranian women's team. Last month she took 3 for 46 against Hong Kong Women in Bangkok, then opened the batting… but couldn't prevent a heavy defeat. Earlier in the tournament, though, Iran had beaten Kuwait.

Ten
The Netherlands' heroics at the 2014 World Twenty20 were achieved without the help of Ryan ten Doeschate, who averages 67 with the bat for them in ODIs (and 24 with the ball). But he hasn't pulled on a Dutch shirt since the 50-over World Cup in 2011. There's also, of course, one Sachin Tendulkar, who could inspire another column about his own numbers. A few years ago, Wisden reported that a man was hoping to sell his house in London to a cricket-lover at a premium: the address was 10 Dulka Road.

20Percy Twentyman Jones, who had already played rugby for South Africa didn't have much luck in his sole cricket Test, against Australia in Cape Town in 1902-03: coming in at No. 5, he bagged a pair. But he had better luck in his legal career, rising to become Judge President of the Cape of Good Hope Division of South Africa's Supreme Court.

Additional research by Michael J-one-s.

Steven Lynch is the editor of the Wisden Guide to International Cricket 2013

There was a 19thC player Edwin Charles Leventon. Can we imagine his nickname may have been Charlie? http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16558.html (If not, well, at least he has a hundred in his name).

Bennett
on March 25, 2014, 1:08 GMT

George DUCKworth should find a place amongst all the NIL's, NULL's, NAUGHT's and NAY's (GOOch too)

Bennett
on March 25, 2014, 0:43 GMT

Stretching the numerology theme, how about some equations.

E.McCormick ( E= MC2)

F. MAhmood ( F = MA ) Force = Mass x Acceleration

Bennett
on March 25, 2014, 0:30 GMT

CompTON and HutTON as century makers.

Would you be willing to allow decimals ?
Let's then have K.PIetersen ( PI = 3.14)

Roshan
on March 24, 2014, 21:10 GMT

What about EKnath solkar. Ek means One.

Dummy4
on March 24, 2014, 19:42 GMT

Bilawal Thatti (30), renamed after Maxwel famous inning, renaming after such an over should be allowed.

Dummy4
on March 24, 2014, 18:47 GMT

how you miss "ten"dulkar "ten"dai chatara

Sayantan
on March 24, 2014, 18:44 GMT

You forgot Dean Jones.He has ONE in his name.

Dummy4
on March 24, 2014, 18:37 GMT

For anyone who's interested, East Cornwall played a match against the All England Eleven in 1859 with two players named Treleven in the team - but it was an odds match in which East Cornwall had 22 players, so "Tr-eleven" never played in an "eleven". Someone named R Fiveash played two matches for Sussex 2nd XI in 1970... but we decided those were just a little too obscure to include.

Dummy4
on March 24, 2014, 16:40 GMT

Did you miss out NAYAN MONGIA?

Stephen
on March 25, 2014, 1:08 GMT

There was a 19thC player Edwin Charles Leventon. Can we imagine his nickname may have been Charlie? http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16558.html (If not, well, at least he has a hundred in his name).

Bennett
on March 25, 2014, 1:08 GMT

George DUCKworth should find a place amongst all the NIL's, NULL's, NAUGHT's and NAY's (GOOch too)

Bennett
on March 25, 2014, 0:43 GMT

Stretching the numerology theme, how about some equations.

E.McCormick ( E= MC2)

F. MAhmood ( F = MA ) Force = Mass x Acceleration

Bennett
on March 25, 2014, 0:30 GMT

CompTON and HutTON as century makers.

Would you be willing to allow decimals ?
Let's then have K.PIetersen ( PI = 3.14)

Roshan
on March 24, 2014, 21:10 GMT

What about EKnath solkar. Ek means One.

Dummy4
on March 24, 2014, 19:42 GMT

Bilawal Thatti (30), renamed after Maxwel famous inning, renaming after such an over should be allowed.

Dummy4
on March 24, 2014, 18:47 GMT

how you miss "ten"dulkar "ten"dai chatara

Sayantan
on March 24, 2014, 18:44 GMT

You forgot Dean Jones.He has ONE in his name.

Dummy4
on March 24, 2014, 18:37 GMT

For anyone who's interested, East Cornwall played a match against the All England Eleven in 1859 with two players named Treleven in the team - but it was an odds match in which East Cornwall had 22 players, so "Tr-eleven" never played in an "eleven". Someone named R Fiveash played two matches for Sussex 2nd XI in 1970... but we decided those were just a little too obscure to include.

Dummy4
on March 24, 2014, 16:40 GMT

Did you miss out NAYAN MONGIA?

Amit
on March 24, 2014, 16:25 GMT

No 'Ten'dulkar? How can you forget him?

Richard
on March 24, 2014, 13:31 GMT

Diverging slightly from the theme, it should be remembered that Graham G00ch has the rare, possibly unique, distinction of having his first two Test scores in his surname. Edgbaston 1975. Are there others?

Devadatta
on March 24, 2014, 11:57 GMT

How about aNIL kumble, or indeed naumaNULLah ? And if you extend to words in other languages, vijay HAZARe? (Hazar in Hindi/ Marathi means thousand).

Dummy4
on March 24, 2014, 10:56 GMT

In Chinese pinyin 5 is wŭ - so looking for Chinese cricketers with the name Wu gives Wu Haohuai (U/15 + U/17), plus at least 4 more on the women's side of the ledger.

Dummy4
on March 24, 2014, 10:42 GMT

If you're going to allow apostrophes in the o'nes, O'Neil Gordon "Collie" Smith could fight it out with Norman Clifford Louis "Norm" O'Neill (amongst others)...

Dummy4
on March 24, 2014, 9:52 GMT

What about NILesh Kulkarni?

Aaditya
on March 24, 2014, 9:07 GMT

Great List.But could have added this name, TENdulkar, as well. But dont blame cricinfo.Difficult to search for all the players in cricket's history.Specially the ones who hold half the batting records!!:P

sunday
on March 24, 2014, 7:55 GMT

FIVE: Actually there is a "five". Olaf Iversson played for Norway back in AD 678. The team came over in long boats as there were no regular flights in those days. Known as the Vikings the Scandinavian team had some good tussles with British teams mainly on the coast: Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire (in those days a first class county) and swiftly built a reputation for taking no prisoners. As a leg break bowler (like most of the Viking squad) Iverson took 3 for 21 in his best game, thus his figures were: five for three two one.

Adrian
on March 24, 2014, 7:30 GMT

Well done though a pity that there is no 5. And indeed no 11.

pzd
on March 24, 2014, 4:40 GMT

You seem to have taken people with only English numbers in their names? How about sanskrit names? Ananthapadmanabha - with infinity in his name

John
on March 24, 2014, 4:01 GMT

You seem to have missed out on someone with Five in their name. I can suggest William F. Ives (http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/5981.html), an all-rounder who played a few games for NSW between 1919 and 1922 ...

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John
on March 24, 2014, 4:01 GMT

You seem to have missed out on someone with Five in their name. I can suggest William F. Ives (http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/5981.html), an all-rounder who played a few games for NSW between 1919 and 1922 ...

pzd
on March 24, 2014, 4:40 GMT

You seem to have taken people with only English numbers in their names? How about sanskrit names? Ananthapadmanabha - with infinity in his name

Adrian
on March 24, 2014, 7:30 GMT

Well done though a pity that there is no 5. And indeed no 11.

sunday
on March 24, 2014, 7:55 GMT

FIVE: Actually there is a "five". Olaf Iversson played for Norway back in AD 678. The team came over in long boats as there were no regular flights in those days. Known as the Vikings the Scandinavian team had some good tussles with British teams mainly on the coast: Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire (in those days a first class county) and swiftly built a reputation for taking no prisoners. As a leg break bowler (like most of the Viking squad) Iverson took 3 for 21 in his best game, thus his figures were: five for three two one.

Aaditya
on March 24, 2014, 9:07 GMT

Great List.But could have added this name, TENdulkar, as well. But dont blame cricinfo.Difficult to search for all the players in cricket's history.Specially the ones who hold half the batting records!!:P

Dummy4
on March 24, 2014, 9:52 GMT

What about NILesh Kulkarni?

Dummy4
on March 24, 2014, 10:42 GMT

If you're going to allow apostrophes in the o'nes, O'Neil Gordon "Collie" Smith could fight it out with Norman Clifford Louis "Norm" O'Neill (amongst others)...

Dummy4
on March 24, 2014, 10:56 GMT

In Chinese pinyin 5 is wŭ - so looking for Chinese cricketers with the name Wu gives Wu Haohuai (U/15 + U/17), plus at least 4 more on the women's side of the ledger.

Devadatta
on March 24, 2014, 11:57 GMT

How about aNIL kumble, or indeed naumaNULLah ? And if you extend to words in other languages, vijay HAZARe? (Hazar in Hindi/ Marathi means thousand).

Richard
on March 24, 2014, 13:31 GMT

Diverging slightly from the theme, it should be remembered that Graham G00ch has the rare, possibly unique, distinction of having his first two Test scores in his surname. Edgbaston 1975. Are there others?

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